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Doctorow Sings High Praise For Geist's Copyright Review Analysis

Whenever governments review their copyright, one of two things happens: either they only listen to industry reps and then come to the "conclusion" that more copyright is always better; or they list

Doctorow Sings High Praise For Geist's Copyright Review Analysis

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Whenever governments review their copyright, one of two things happens: either they only listen to industry reps and then come to the "conclusion" that more copyright is always better; or they listen to stakeholders and experts and conclude that a little goes a long way. Normally, when the latter happens, the government that commissioned the report buries it out of terror of powerful Big Content lobbyists.


This time, miraculously, an eminently sensible Canadian report has seen the light of day.

-- Cory Efram Doctorow, Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing and is a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, sings praise in an intro to an opinion piece published by U of Ottawa professor Michael Geist.

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New Docuseries 'Sounds Black' Explores Impact of Black Music in Canada

The four-episode series premiering February 1 features Jully Black, Maestro Fresh Wes, Deborah Cox, Fefe Dobson, Kardinal Offishall and more.

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Sounds Black premieres on the HISTORY channel on February 1, kicking off Black History Month with a deep dive into Canadian music past and present.

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